ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,446, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SELECT RESEARCH Ltd. (Malvern, Great Britain).
"Body shape indicator" was invented by Richard Barnes (Malvern, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body shape indicator device comprises a scanner arranged to obtain a three-dimensional model of a person, a body volume calculator for calculating the volume of at least first, second and third parts of the person's body from the three-dimensional model and a body shape calculator for calculating an indication of the person's body shape based on part volume ratios calculated from the output from at least the body volume calculator. A method ...